| Boiled Angel | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Mike Diana |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | Humor/comedy |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Mike Diana, Paul Weinman, Gerard John Schaefer,[1] et al. |
| Artist(s) | Mike Diana, Scott Cunningham, et al. |
Boiled Angel was an independent comic book by Florida-based underground comic book artist Mike Diana in the early 1990s. The comic contained graphic depictions of a variety of taboo and gory subject matters.[2][3]
In a 1990 review, Mike Gunderloy of Factsheet Five called Boiled Angel "a prime candidate for banning in the 90s."[2] In 1993, a copy of Boiled Angel #8 (or "Ate") found its way into the hands of Florida Assistant State's Attorney Stuart Baggish. Diana was subsequently charged with several counts of obscenity and fought a long legal battle with the aid of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which he eventually lost.
Due to the controversy surrounding the book and its low print run, it is one of the few underground or amateur comics to be significantly valuable to the comic book collectors market.